“If the Amazon rainforest is to avoid the tipping point ... leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva contrasted with deforestation that hit a 15-year high under Lula’s predecessor ...

If these trends continue unchecked, they could disrupt continental rainfall patterns and trigger a sharp decline in species that depend on the rainforest. Deforestation in the Amazon has been ...

Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil soared 85% in 2019, compared with the previous year, official data showed Tuesday. The 9,166 square kilometers cleared was the highest ...

As deforestation increases in the Amazon, it will decrease precipitation in California and create drier conditions in ...

A community in the Brazilian Amazon is transforming fallen trunks and dead trees into everyday items and art pieces.

Scientists discovered microbes in Amazon peatlands that control carbon storage. If peatlands stay stable, they store carbon.

One of the biggest drivers of deforestation in the Amazon is industrial farming. Setting fire to the forest is one of the main ways humans get rid of trees. Burning trees also makes the forest ...

However, shifts in rainfall, temperature and human activities, including deforestation and mining ... to understand microbes ...

With Donald Trump settling back into the White House, advocates for the Amazon worry about what his second term will mean for ...

A study reveals that fire emissions in the Amazon and Cerrado are largely driven by the smoldering combustion of woody debris ...

Sadly, the Amazon rainforest is a rapidly disappearing ... Brazil and working with corporations that are responsible for deforestation in the Amazon. “There are more than 300 McDonald’s ...

The majestic kapok tree in the Amazon rainforest forms a gigantic habitat. Its canopy of leaves, almost 50 meters high, towers over the crowns of the forest. The tree shapes the myths of the ...